Wrench.



E. C. SCRUGGS.

WRENCH.

ArPLIoATIoN FILED APB.so.19os.

916,613. Patented Mar. 30, 1909.

glvlveufoz 007 attouwgs .UNITED srnrns PATENT EDWRD C. SCRUGGS, OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

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WRENCH.

Naoiaeis.

Specification of Letters Patent.

j Patented March so, 1909.

Application nled April 80, 1908. 'Serial No. 480,169.

. the following is a specification.

The present invention has for its object to devise a tool of the lon -handled rigid-jaw variety, being particular y adapted for various kinds of work requiring the use of a longhandled wrench.

The invention further has for its object to provide a wrench of the character set forth and which will ern ody ahollow hand e braced so as to withstand strain.

The invention further consists of the novel lfeatures and details of construction which the ine g/-y of Fig. 2, showing parts on a larger `scale. Fig. 4 is a cross sectlon on the line x--x of Fig. 2, showing parts on the same scale as Fig. 3.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followin description and indicated the drawings by the same The tool comprises a handle' 1 and shank 2 provided with a head 3. The shank 2 is solid and may be of any length and the head 3 may be of. any form, being preferably of circular outline and having an opening '4 iny an edge desi `ed to recelve the nut or other Work to e turned. The shank is oblong or oval i cross section,

the major axis being in a (plane passed through g the head- 3, there y a apting the tool to stand strain when in operation.

The handle ma be of any length preferably three times t e length of the shank and is secured to the shank in any suitable way.

and is hollow for the sake of lightness. Reinforcements 5 are s aced at intervals in the length of the han e and strengthen and brace the same, consistin of links inserted within the handle and he d in place in any mannen The reinforcements/are une ually spaced, being closer togetliei toward t e inner end of the handle because of the strain to be resisted when the tool is in operation.

From the foregoing it will` be understood that I provide a tool which While simple and light in construction, is at the same time durable and capable f withstanding strain when in active operation.

Havin is claims as new is: v The herein-described tool comprising a shank 2 provided at one end With a flat h'ead 3 ada ted to engage the member to be turned, a hollbw handle 1 of substantiall uniform diameter throu hout its length an arranged at one end for t e rece tion of the shank, the

vshank and the handle eing oval in cross section and having the ma'or axis disposed in a plane parallel to the plane assin through the head, and a series of longltudina ly spaced annular reinforcements 5 also of oval form and mounted within the hollow handle, as and for the purpose speciied.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD o. lksoRUccfs. [n 5.]

mar

Witnesses to his signature by mark:

-W. B. BALLARD,

C. BAILEY BELL.

thus describld the invention, what 

